Although progress has been made to advance our understanding of the risks involved in offshore oil extraction activities, a regional scale understanding of factors contributing to losses in infrastructure integrity are lacking. Recent data integration efforts have resulted in a comprehensive database that allows for an unprecedented study of the external and internal factors that impact the structural and operational integrity...

2Over the past several decades, federal incentive programs have encouraged the restoration of bottomland forests throughout the West Gulf Coastal Plain (WGCP) and the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV). Programs such as the Conservation Reserve (CRP) and Wetlands Reserve (WRP) Programs have been marginally successful (Stanturf et al. 2001). Foresters and contractors often follow conventional tree planting procedures that...